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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … to strike a balance between ensuring regulated products are available to smokers wishing to quit, while at the same … that currently apply to smoked tobacco products, to what are now known as “regulated products”. For example, … (specialist retailers may sell any flavour). We see two problems with this approach. First, it risks continuation of …
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  • Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention

    … the impact of flooding may get worse in the future, with a mix of such factors as climate change and the … building continues to occur in flood risk areas). Floods are costly, with the Insurance Council of New Zealand … costs were under a third of this at $121 million (2). What are the direct and indirect health impacts of floods? …
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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … in the First World War. It then asks more broadly what is known about the longer term health outcomes for … receiving non-fatal wounds in the war. These injuries are likely to have increased the risk of death in subsequent … and having a “permanent disability/illness” has also been associated with increased risk of mortality in long-term …
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  • Why the New Zealand Government should reconsider abandoning denicotinised cigarettes

    … unsubstantiated concerns about growth in illicit tobacco are almost certainly greatly exaggerated, particularly given … to die every year from smoking and a persistence of associated health inequities.  Introduction The history of … will bring profound social, health and economic benefits.  What is new in this briefing? There is strong evidence that …
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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … approach to pandemic control, it is helpful to define what is meant by a “border control failure” so that such … conditions [4] [5]) and the issues raised in this blog are not at all about them as individuals – but rather are … these failures, but hotel-based facilities have inherent problems with shared spaces and inadequate ventilation (as …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … daily life in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). But not all of us are quite sure what the law allows, and what it doesn’t. NZ’s legal … public health emergencies has existed for over 150 years, with various modifications over this time. The Health Act …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … control failures, equivalent to one every two weeks, with details in the Table below. Six of these failures were associated with Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) … positive news about the effectiveness of vaccines, they are unlikely have an impact for many months. The rising …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … for many New Zealanders, and we know which interventions are required to ensure good quality housing that supports … offered, such as heaters, are funded by charities, so what’s offered depends on what different HHIs are able to … of availability of social housing and wider systematic problems in the private rental housing market, as well as a …
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  • Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes: emerging evidence is concerning for NZ

    … there is growing evidence that nitrates in drinking water are a risk factor for bowel cancer, there is also emerging … and puts it into a NZ context. Nitrate is one of the most common drinking water contaminants in NZ, largely driven by … age, low birth weight and preterm births. 6-10 However, what differentiates these two new studies from previous …
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  • The case for lowering salt levels in processed foods is now even stronger – new research

    … death. But new research suggests that low sodium intakes are not associated with a higher risk of death and the … reduce health inequalities and save health sector costs.   What does the new study show? The newly published research … high in sodium is also linked to a number of other health problems, such as osteoporosis, stomach cancer and kidney …
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